Kentucky News - October 29, 2012

State:

• Ky. community college fires 2 workers (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Effort lets districts be more like charter schools (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky starting online master's program in arts administration (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Cut some perks for UK administrators (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U of L will honor business grads (Business First of Louisville)
• Space Science Building naming ceremony slated for October 27 (Morehead State University News)
• Space Science Program receives 2012 Vision Award (Morehead State University News)
• Paducah School of Art project moving forward (The Paducah Sun)
• NKU's new president to be installed in ceremony (The Kentucky Post)
• EKU, AT&T, Kentucky Press Association to establish digital journalism initiative (The Lane Report)
• UK geographers featured in ‘The Economist’ (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky pushes for school innovation using charter-style freedom (The Courier-Journal)
• Indiana colleges see varied movement in endowments (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky, Voices: Support tougher academic standards (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Calloway County Schools receive grant for aquaculture plan (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Master’s program focuses on animal law (The Paducah Sun)
• Effort lets districts be like charter schools (The Paducah Sun)
• EKU explores mobile technology (The Richmond Register)
• The future of science of EKU (The Richmond Register)
• KSU job shuffle saves 15-20 positions (The State Journal)
• MSU space program receives Vision Award (Daily Independent)
• Scams masquerade as online help-wanted ads (Cincyschoolzone)
• UofL conference will educate, train college women to run for office (The Lane Report)
• BCTC students create robot (The Kentucky Kernel)
• $22 million Honors College facility planned (WKU Herald)
• VPs, Regent discuss distribution of funds (The News)
• Review teams begin finance evaluations (The News)
• Mearns sworn in as NKU president (The Northerner)
• WKU celebrates Ransdell, ‘15 Points of Progress’ (Daily News)

National:

• Effort lets districts be more like charter schools (Houston Chronicle)
• MOOCs for Credit (Inside Higher Ed)
• Online education needs to hold itself to higher standards than traditional classrooms, report warns (Hechinger Report.org)
• Report: Low-Income, High-Ability Students Need More Support (Education Week)
• Framework for Social Studies Standards To Be Released (Education Week)
• Only a First Step (Teachinghistory.org)